ugly incident

collocation in English

meaningsofuglyandincident

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ugly
adjective
uk
/ˈʌɡ.li/us
/ˈʌɡ.li/
unpleasant to look at; ...
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incident
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
an event that is either unpleasant ...
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(Definition ofuglyandincidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That would be a very nice way to end a veryuglyincident.
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Anuglyincidentwas averted.
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It is another tragedy of this ill-fated operation that these two men, almost as soon as they arrived, were involved in theuglyincidentin which they were attacked.
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It is just as easy to have a reallyuglyincidenthappen in the dinner break under the care of non-professionals as it is in the classroom.
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His first pro season ended with anuglyincident.
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Again a lone sergeant galvanizes the disorganized police remnants into action, but the night ends with anuglyincident.
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There are still ugly incidents on the frontiers.
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The demonstrations have not been easy to police and officers have become involved in ugly incidents as tempers have frayed.
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Property left out in neighbouring fields has been stolen and there have been a few ugly incidents involving packs of dogs.
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After all, the police are only human, and sooner or later there are bound to be ugly incidents.
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It is at those times that mobs will collect, and when mobs do collect very ugly incidents follow and sometimes even the rule of mob law gets under way.
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There were a few more ugly incidents of police lifting demonstrators by the hair, throwing them on to the ground face downwards, and riding motor-cycles on to the pavement.
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A number of distinctly ugly incidents followed.
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